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Challenges for the Future

Challenges for the Future. 11 th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky. Bob Parks Executive Director International Dark-Sky Association. Challenges. Raising Awareness Promote Essential Research Legislation Monitor Progress

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Challenges for the Future

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  1. Challenges for the Future 11th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky Bob Parks Executive Director International Dark-Sky Association

  2. Challenges • Raising Awareness • Promote Essential Research • Legislation • Monitor Progress • Dark Sky Standards • Dark Sky Preservation

  3. Raising Awareness • Astronomy Community • Environmental Movement • Energy Conservation Groups • Governments • General Public

  4. Promote Essential Research • Public Safety • Roadway Lighting Design • Lighting Alternatives • Impact of Blue Spectrum Light • Circadian Disruption • LAN/Human Health

  5. Legislation • Lighting Ordinances • MLO (North America) • National Laws • Night Sky Protection • Energy Conservation • Environmental

  6. Monitor Progress • Night Sky Brightness Monitor • 3 Years in Development • Extremely Accurate • First 25 installed in 2011 • NSBM Phase Two • Mass Deployment • Enhanced Website • Include SQM & Other Devices • Develop Data Interchange Standards

  7. Dark Sky Standards • Model Lighting Ordinance • Develop International Equivalents • Develop Modules (Signs, Sports, Etc)

  8. Dark Sky Standards • IDA Approved • Fixture Seal of Approval • Enhanced Website • Search Feature • Energy Efficiency • Spectral Power Density

  9. Dark Sky Standards • IDA Approved • Installation Seal of Approval • Two Separate Programs • Recreation Fields • Area Lighting • Minimize Offsite Impact • Maximize Energy Efficiency • Minimize Glare • New Night Meter

  10. Dark Sky Standards • Installation Seal of Approval • New Night Meter • 3 Light Meters in 1 • Develop Glare Metric • Recreation Fields • Pilot Program in 2011 • 50 Fields

  11. Dark Sky Preservation • International Dark Sky Places (IDSP) • 15 Locations Certified To Date • European Parks Expanding Rapidly • New Development Fund Program

  12. Thank You Questions? Bob Parks Executive Director International Dark-Sky Association

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